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Farient Advisors and Paul Hastings Present: The Board’s Role in Advancing Talent and Culture Governance
You are cordially invited to join us for an insightful evening on October 30, 2024, featuring a distinguished panel of experts, interactive audience Q&A, and a cocktail reception. As the demands on board oversight grow, so too does the need for a comprehensive understanding of how to foster…
Read More > 09.30.2024
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Farient Briefings September 2024 | How to Retain Mission-Critical Talent
How to Retain Mission-Critical Talent CEOs are leaving. The increasing number of sudden CEO exits in recent months spurred Corporate Board Member to team up with Farient Advisors and survey directors on the risk of an unexpected leadership departure. Boards are taking action. See what they are doing to…
Read More > 09.27.2024
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America is Becoming Less “Woke”—The Economist
The “anti-woke” backlash in the U.S. has not dislodged DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) entirely, but there are signs that DEI’s popularity both among the public and in the corporate world has peaked. Among these signs, according to Farient data cited by The Economist,…
Read More > 09.24.2024
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Passing the Torch: The Urgency of CEO Succession Planning
The development of high-potential internal candidates for C-suite jobs takes years to expose them to more expansive and challenging opportunities, writes Farient’s Angela Moe and Brian Bueno, in a newly published article in Directorship magazine (Fall 2024). CEO departures are occurring at record-high levels, adding new urgency to get succession…
Read More > 09.20.2024
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How to Retain Mission-Critical Talent
CEO tenure at large public companies is growing shorter combined with a slew of high-profile CEO resignations prompting questions in America’s boardrooms: Can it happen to us? Do we know our CEO’s plan? And are we doing everything we can to retain mission-critical talent, especially potential successors?…
Read More > 09.19.2024
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Starbucks CEO Swap Involved Numerous Pay Instruments—Agenda
Starbucks’ recruitment of CEO Brian Niccol from Chipotle involved executive compensation instruments that amounted to total pay in the 50th to 75th percentile among comparable companies, says Farient COO and Partner RJ Bannister in this Agenda article. The result could be a “ripple effect” across the CEO talent market, as…
Read More > 09.19.2024
In the News

Three Things To Know About Corporate DEI Rollbacks—Financial Times
The backlash against corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, including those focused on using DEI metrics in executive pay, is real but may be exaggerated, reports the Financial Times, which cites Farient data. Though shareholder support…
Read More > 09.09.2024
In the News

CEOs are using psychedelic mushroom retreats to reinvent their leadership style—Fortune
Some corporate executives are using psychedelic mushrooms to allegedly boost their creativity, according to this Fortune article. What do boards make of this practice? Executive behavior, after all, can often become a governance matter. Asked to comment on the controversial but growing use of psilocybin, Farient Founder and CEO Robin…
Read More > 08.27.2024
In the News

Concerns on Exec Noncompetes Persist, Despite Court Injunction—Agenda
Though a federal judge has upheld a challenge to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s ban on noncompete agreements, it doesn’t mean we have seen the last of the FTC’s quest to strike them down. Boards should be prepared for a scenario where more employees pursue litigation over noncompete clauses, and…
Read More > 08.23.2024
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Advancing Talent and Culture Governance in the Carolinas
What matters most to your board? Shareholder value Profitability Talent and human capital requirements All of the above because they are integrated In this NACD Carolinas Chapter event, our expert panel will go beyond compensation policies to understand the board’s role, and the expanding remit of the competition committee, in…
Read More > 08.22.2024
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